Intl_Explorer
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I have a John Deere LX188 lawn tractor with a Kawasaki FD501V water-cooled engine. It starts OK after a little cranking and appears to run fine for a while before it just stalls out. If I wait for a minute or so, I can start it again, but it will stall again after very little cutting. I have replaced the ignition coils that had some cracks. It has a new fuel filter. I have blown out the breather hole in the gas cap. I have replaced the fuel solenoid with a small bolt hoping that was the problem, but to no avail. It has been to two John Deere dealers for service, twice to the first one and once to the local LandPro dealer. Both said that they ran the mower for hours and cut grass with no failures. If I can find one, I could replace the carburetor, but that may be more wasted money. Does anyone have some first hand knowledge and a fix? Thank you.